A new TV game: spot the hot chick about to be killed

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It didn’t take long. About ten minutes in fact — I almost had my stopwatch out — before the hottie teenage girl was nearly raped on last night’s new crime drama Good Cop on BBC One.

The hottie girl in any modern crime drama has a special role to play and has been briefed on it by the producers beforehand. “The thing is, love,” they will say, arm around her shoulder, “you may be a bit part, killed or raped, ideally both, before the opening credits. But you’re the most important. Because without you, we can’t titillate our viewers into watching, and